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Freshman - USB                                                                                             User Guide 

 

 

 

 

If the drive does not 

spin up, please 

refer to the Power 

Management 

section and make 

sure there is 

sufficient bus power. 

 

 

 

 

Installation on a PC 

Before connecting the device, make sure the drive has been 

installed properly and the unit has been removed from its 

carrying case. 

 

  Turn on your Computer and start Windows 

  Connect the Freshman to your computer 

  Let Windows search and install the driver automatically 

  Open “My Computer” to see your external hard drive 

 

For factory new drives and more info about formatting, see 

“Partitioning & Formatting”. 

 

 

Remove Procedure 

For the safe removal of your drive and to assure that no data is 

lost, always follow the correct unplug procedure. Otherwise, an 

error message will appear. 

 

  Click on the taskbar icon for external hardware 

 

 

  Choose your external hard drive and confirm to remove it 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for Freshman

Page 1: ...Freshman USB Storage Enclosure for 2 5 IDE or SATA Hard Drives User Manual v1 0 June 29 2007 EN...

Page 2: ...TS 2 PACKAGE CONTENTS 2 DETAILED VIEW 2 CHAPTER 2 HARD DRIVE ASSEMBLY 3 CHAPTER 3 SYSTEM SET UP 5 CONNECTION TO YOUR COMPUTER 5 POWER MANAGEMENT 5 ABOUT DATA BACKUP 5 INSTALLATION ON A PC 6 REMOVE PRO...

Page 3: ...xternal hard drive enclosure The case is made of aluminium and designed for drives with a thickness of 9 5mm Being small enough to fit in your pocket and running solely on bus power makes it very conv...

Page 4: ...inXP or Windows Vista Mac Requirements Minimum Apple G4 processor 128MB RAM USB 1 1 equipped Mac Mac OS 10 2 or above USB 2 0 equipped Mac Mac OS 10 2 or above Package Contents Package Content may var...

Page 5: ...irmly Chapter 2 Hard Drive Assembly Your unit may come with a pre installed hard drive Before opening such an enclosure please read the warranty from your vendor carefully as this could void your warr...

Page 6: ...Guide 4 Slide the drive with the front part back into the enclosure Be careful not to damage any of the components during the assembly 5 Fasten the two screws to finish the assembly 6 Done Page 4 Chap...

Page 7: ...B power cable Y cable is required to use the power from two USB ports at the same time For optimal power consumption we recommend using a short and thick USB cable 20 30cm and a drive with low power c...

Page 8: ...s Connect the Freshman to your computer Let Windows search and install the driver automatically Open My Computer to see your external hard drive For factory new drives and more info about formatting s...

Page 9: ...ng the device make sure the drive has been installed properly and the unit has been removed from its carrying case Turn on your computer and start Mac OS Connect the Freshman to your computer No drive...

Page 10: ...t to erase all data on your drive PC running Windows Disk Management Program Right click on My Computer and choose Manage Select Disk Management Choose the drive you want to format and right click on...

Page 11: ...sufficient Choose your external drive and format it according to your requirements For Mac OS X we recommend formatting the drive using the native Mac file system HFS also known as Mac OS Extended If...

Page 12: ...is manual covers the generic version of the Freshman Firmware images and descriptions might slightly vary between this manual and the actual product you have Copyright 2007 by Macpower Tytech Technolo...

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